Hester Thayer

1636 -

• Name	Hester Thayer
  Christening	24 Nov 1636	Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1, 2]
  Immigration	1641 (~ 4 years)  [1, 3]
  She came to New England with her parents.
  Married	say 1656 (~ 19 years)  [2]
  Joseph Gray.
  Living	1695 (~ 58 years)	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 7 sisters
  + 1. Richard Thayer,   c. 10 Feb 1624/25, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 4 Dec 1705, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 80 years) ▻ Dorothy Pray,  m. 24 Dec 1651   2. Elizabeth Tayer,   c. 10 May 1628, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   3. Deborah Tayer,   c. 4 Feb 1630, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England bur. 16 Mar 1631, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Sara Thayer,   c. 9 Feb 1631/32, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   5. Jaell Thayer,   c. 2 Jun 1633, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 10 Mar 1701, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 67 years) + 6. Deborah Thayer,   c. 27 Mar 1633/34, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 31 May 1662, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 28 years) ▻ Thomas Faxon,  m. 11 Apr 1653   7. Zachariah Thayer,   c. 6 Mar 1634/35, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 29 Jul 1693, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 58 years)   8. Hester Thayer,   c. 24 Nov 1636, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England > 9. Nathaniel Thayer,   c. 11 Apr 1639, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 28 Mar 1728, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 88 years) ▻ Deborah Townsend,  m. 1671   10. Cornelius Thayer,   c. 10 Dec 1640, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 1663, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 22 years)   11. Abigail Thayer,   b. 1642, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Aug 1717, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years)   12. Hannah Thayer
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Johanes Tawier   bur. 11 Feb 1600/01, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19201
  Last Modified	21 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Richard Thayer,   c. 5 Apr 1601, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 27 Aug 1695, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 94 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Dorothy Mortimer   bur. 17 Jan 1640, Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Saint Mary's Parish,  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Hester Thayer(1636 – ) 2Richard Thayer(1601 – 1695) 4Richardus Tawier(1562 – ) 8Johanes Tawier( – 1584) 16Johanes Tawier( – 11 Feb 1600/01) 17Constans( – 19 Mar 1561/62) 9Mary 18 19 5Dimery 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Dorothy Mortimer( – 1640) 6William Mortimer( – 1626) 12John Mortimer 24 25 13Johane Searche 26 27 7Margaret 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 24 Nov 1636 - Saint Mary's Parish, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Living - 1695 - Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S282] Faxon, Walter and Edward Henry Whorf. "Thayer (Thayer) Family Entries in the Parish Register of Thornbury, Gloucestersire, England" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LXX, July 1906). [S283] Ojeda, Tomás Thayer. Thayer Family of Thornbury, (Moneda, Chile: Imprenta Moderna, 1907). [S698] Thayer, Bezaleel. Memorial of the Thayer Name, From the Massachusetts Colony of Weymouth and Braintree, Embracing Genealogical and Biographical Sketches of Richard & Thomas Thayer and Their Descendants, From 1636 to 1874, (Oswego, New York: R. J. Oliphant, 1847).